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LSA-787 Base for statue of Leontius, praetorian prefect. Gortyna (Creta). 412-441








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Gortyna Province: Creta Region: Aegean Islands, with Crete
Details: Gortyna, praetorium
Current Location: In situ
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Marble Re-Use? Unknown
Form: Rectangular Height(cm): 72 Width(cm): 71 Depth(cm): 71
Language: Greek Text Type: Verse
SUBJECT
Honorand: Leontius, governor of Creta Position: Civilian Imperial Office-Holders Gender: Male
Awarder: Callinicus by decision of the province Position: Provinces and provincial councils
DATE
Earliest: 412 Latest : 441
MAIN REFERENCE
Guarducci, M., Inscriptiones Creticae. Vol 4. Tituli Gortynii, Roma 1950, p. 352-3 no. 325
INSCRIPTION
Text: Εἰκόνα τήνδ’ ἐσάθρει με Λεοντίου ἅγνου ὑπάχου / ὃς Κρήτην πολιὴν μοῦνος ἔθηκα νέην. / Ἀγχίθυρος δ’ἔστηκα Δίκης· κριντῆρσι γάρ εἰμι / ἤπιος εἰθυδίκοις, τοῖ(ς) δ’ ἀδίκουσι δέος. /(5) Στῆσε δὲ Καλλείνικος ἐνηεῖ δόγματι νήσσου, / γέης Ἰλλυρίδος δεύτερον ἠέλιον. Trans: Consider me, statue of the worthy prefect Leontius, who alone made the Cretan city young again. I was set up by the portals of Dike; for I am mild to just judges, but terrible to the unjust. Callinicus set me up, on the benevolent behest of the island, me, the second sun of Illyricum.
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